Tag: Arab

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I tend to add in a lot of Arabic words into my daily vocabulary although I speak only in English at work. It just comes automatically and not because I speak in Arabic to anyone at all. I find myself using these all the time… Yaani Aiwa Marhaba’n Sabah Al-Khair…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Qatar A lot of people know tidbits about life in the middle east from what is shown in the media, but one has to actually grow up here and mingle with the locals to know their little quirks 😀 I have been fortunate enough to have quite a few Arab…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: It largely depends on your idea of ‘fun’, really. Personally, I have a few favorite haunts and of course, you’ll see that my idea of ‘fun’ is somewhere I could go with family or even solo. Roam around Katara Katara is my most favorite part of Doha. Everything about the…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: Does a workplace count as a ‘public place’? For the sake of sharing this incident, let us take it to be so. It was a regular day at work and I was at my workstation doing my stuff. Now, I have generally trained myself to shut off my ears to…

Answer by Raakhee V. Menon: I have been to a few weddings here in Qatar and hence here’s a view from the PoV of a guest. Entry to the wedding is by invitation ONLY. Invitees are given admit cards along with the invite. Here’s an example of a typical Arab wedding invite. The cute little…

Answer by Raakhee Venugopal: Thank you for the A2A. Having lived in the middle east for the major part of my life, I’d say that though they are not entirely alike, there are many aspects of Middle Eastern culture that are strikingly similar to Indian culture. Masala tea / Karak Our masala tea and the…